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Category: Albania

Albania

A History of the Balkans: Albania and North Macedonia

Stari Most in the city of Mostar

Sprawling eastwards from the doorstep of Western Europe, the Balkan region has had a long, convoluted and fascinating history. Read on to learn about the region’s history, starting with the problem of the ‘Balkans’, and the region’s history up until World War I. From here, the thread is taken up by the stories of Albania and North Macedonia, two overlooked but fascinating examples of Balkan statehood in the 20th century.

The Balkans: The Influence of the Land on its People

Stari Most in the city of Mostar

The Human History of the Balkans The aptly-named Balkan region comes from the Turkish word for “mountain“.  It was so named because of the vast number and expanse of the mountain ranges that have been millions of years in the making and stretch across several countries in south-eastern Europe, including the Balkan, Rhodope and Dinaric […]

Uncovering Albania: The Definitive Guide

Uncovering Albania

Uncovering Albanian History Albania sits on the Ionian and Adriatic Seas in southern Europe, bounded by Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Greece. This small and mountainous country in the Balkan peninsula had roots in ancient Illyria, and existed in relative isolation for many centuries until its transition to democracy in the 1990s. What was once “Europe’s […]